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Monthly Archive for March, 2007

: March, 2007

Home builders are starting to catch on to the idea that a segment of homeowners care about the environmental impact of their largest asset. By a strange but fortunate paradox, gasoline prices are largely responsible. …

A company called Citizenre says it can bring affordable solar energy to the mass market by year’s end. It wants to build solar-energy systems on a large scale and lease them to customers. So what could be wrong with that? …

In “U.S. Magazines Go Green with Global Warming Issues,” Reuters reporter Mary Milliken notes that mainstream magazines — from Atlantic Monthly and Elle to Sports Illustrated — are running features about climate change. It indicates the transformation climate change has undergone from a marginal issue to a more central one, she says. …

In Salt Lake UT County’s Emigration Canyon, Arthur and developer Steven Keyser are collaborating on seven “zero-emission” homes powered by the sun and maybe the wind. In other words, they should generate as much energy as they use. …

Time March 26, 2007 — The Innovators highlighted are all involved with green building — someone in MA making sun power more affordable for homeowners, a couple in India developing eco-friendly communities, an Italian promoting concrete that “eats” air pollution and a Texas crusader for greener hospitals. They all want a world where concern for the earth is “built in” from the start. …

In the dot-com boom, cities and states did their best to attract internet companies. Now that we’re in the watt-com boom, it seems like every locality’s economic development office is trying to attract renewable-energy businesses to their region. To me, it makes a statement about renewable energy’s status as a sector, and about government leaders’ expectations for the long-term growth of the industry. …

Last week I attended a meeting entitled “Demand Response: Simple Solutions, Real Savings, Fast Payback” to learn from people who are participating in California’s conservation-on-command programs. I wrote an article at the event, posting updates to Energy Priorities every 15-20 minutes. …

Interview with Peter Fusaro, the founder of Global Change Associates, an energy and environmental advisory, and the author of “What Went Wrong at Enron.” (podcast) …

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